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Hold up, Jack! For the second week in a row, we’ve left ''shabbat'' to discover [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adXo7Sqcm6g Strange Things were Afoot] while we relaxed. This time: [https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-811295 Biden dropped out of the race] after having repeatedly said (most recently only a few days before) that he was no way, no sir, not ever! going to do that. Now, the “resignation” was done over “X”, and the man himself [https://www.thefp.com/p/the-curious-case-of-the-missing-president hadn’t been seen] since the previous Wednesday. Was it a “coup”? No joke!

Of course, if Biden isn’t up to running a campaign, one expects he’s not up to staying in office. [https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gop-senator-demands-vice-president-harris-cabinet-members-invoke-25th-amendment/ So calls for the 25<sup>th</sup>] to be invoked are being made. But do we really expect any of the posturing to amount to anything? I mean, the Republicans have proven time and time again they have neither balls nor the will to use real power.

Fun and games:
* [https://x.com/Zigmanfreud/status/1815542767738896607 Pitching the US] elections, and [https://x.com/andrewschulz/status/1816151001092780497 Trump vs Kamala], comedians’ takes.
* [https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-811633 “Sympathy to deep admiration”]: Pal. public [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ptm4vWwxWg tells what they really think] about Israel and Jews and “peace”.
* Netanyahu spoke in front of Congress, having been invited by a bipartisan group. [https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-811806 Many Democrats boycotted] it, including the [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/benjamin-netanyahu/article-811636 current VP] and presumptive D candidate. [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-811774 Not a good start] to US/IL relations in 2025 (assuming The Cackler is victorious, which remains to be seen).
* Sarah Haider’s [https://newsletter.sarahhaider.com/p/some-thoughts-on-realignment thoughts on “realignment”].
* And: a version of [https://www.yahoo.com/tech/windows-version-1992-saving-southwest-171922788.html Windows from 1992] saved Southwest Airlines from being affected by the “Crowdstrike” system-update error that took out large chunks of the world’s computers this week.

As for us, today we’re heading out to meet up with Sarah and Yarin and his family in Ramat Gan. A get-together before the youngsters make their exodus from the Land to the USA. We’re hoping that it works out well for them with as few bumps along the way as possible. And (of course) we hope they return here in time, just as we hope the rest of our fellow Jews in the USA come to see where their future lay.

Because we’re going to be there most of today, Esther’s spent Thursday cooking up a pile of food — some to bring there, some for us for ''shabbat''.  

This ''shabbat'' the menu includes (at least):<br>
homemade ''ḥalla'',
chicken and rice,
various ''salatim'',
and watermelon.
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Until next time,<br>
''shabbat shalom''! <br>

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